13 July, 2014

Sunday July 20th 2014 - THOSE GOD CALLS

Memorise: For ye see your
calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty,
not many noble, are called: 1 Corinthians 1:26

Who are those God calls? They are usually not the
“special” type. 1 Corinthians 1:26 says:

“For ye see your calling,
brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many might, not many
noble, are called:”

Those who are noble, wise, intelligent, mighty and
wealthy already believe they have achieved, and so if God calls them, they may
think it is because of what they possess or have achieved. If God makes use of
such people, the tendency for them to arrogate God’s glory is high. This is why
God specifically looks out for the foolish, weak, poor and base elements of
this world. God calls the foolish to confound the wise, the weal to confound
the strong and those who are nothing to confound those with reputation (1
Corinthians 1:27). How? When God picks a foolish fellow, He works on him and
gives him a bit of His wisdom. Thereafter, when God brings him side by side
with those the world acclaims as wise, he would be better by miles. This wisdom
of such a fellow will be way out of this world. God is looking for those whose
lives He would make a statement with.Can He do so with you?

In addition, God calls those who are very plain; those
who understand the brevity of life. According to Ecclesiastes 12:1-7, we stated
a countdown to return to the dust from which we were formed the very day we
were born. This is why Genesis 3:19 says,

However, there are some people who are foolish, poor,
and weak, yet they are unusable because they are proud and very self-willed.
That is double trouble. But if God wants to use a professor or a great
academician, He would have to first reduce the fellow to nothing. This was
Paul’s experience. He had achieved so much in the world before He accepted
Jesus Christ, and so he had to lose everything in order to be used by Him. Can
God call you, or are you too big to be used by Him?

Prayer Point

Father, in my generation,
make a positive glorious statement with my life.

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